PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE CARDIAC INTENSIVIST Job at The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

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  • The University of Iowa
  • Iowa City, IA

Job Description

Full/Part Time Status:

Negotiable

Position Description:

University of Iowa Stead Family Department of Pediatrics seeks a Pediatric Critical Care Cardiac Intensivist. Appointment rank is open and may be to either the tenure track or clinical (non-tenure) track consistent with clinical experience and research interest. Appointment rank to Instructor of Pediatrics (non-tenure) may also be considered. The individual selected will join the Division of Critical Care Medicine to provide patient care, teaching, and consultative services.

The Division of Critical Care is committed to providing excellent clinical care to neonatal, pediatric, and young adult patients and their families for the state of Iowa and surrounding areas. Our cardiovascular program is the largest program in the state of Iowa with 300+ annual admissions and 500-600 cardiac catheterization/EP procedures provided by 2 pediatric cardiac surgeons, 2 pediatric interventional cardiologists, and 2 electrophysiologists. Clinical care is provided in a state-of-the art 28-bed combined medical/surgical and cardiac intensive care unit in a multidisciplinary care approach in collaboration with our cardiology and cardiovascular surgery team. Our program delivers the full range of services including highly specialized care to children with heart defects including ECMO, VAD support, and a cardiac transplantation program. Our division presently has 14 total faculty with 3 cardiac intensivists, 6 critical care fellows, and 6 – 8 nurse practitioners.  Our cardiac critical care faculty, in collaboration with the pediatric cardiac critical care nurse practitioners and our specialized bedside nursing staff, are focused on the delivery of excellent clinical care, with patient satisfaction scores consistently greater than the ninetieth percentile. The quality of care provided in our Intensive Care Unit is analyzed by participation in the Virtual Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Performance System (VPS), the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), and the National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative (NPC-QIC) for benchmarking and data sharing.

The department is posting the Pediatric Critical Care Intensivist (requisition 75685) in conjunction with the Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist (requisition 75684) and intends to hire based on the qualifications one successful candidate. Please apply to the specific position for which you wish to be considered or both.

The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine is one of the nation’s top medical schools. It is ranked 44th in research by U.S. News & World Report. Stead Family Department of Pediatrics is ranked No. 24 in NIH funding among public pediatric departments nationwide by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.   

The pediatrics department comprises the medical staff of University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital, Iowa’s only nationally ranked children’s hospital and home to the state’s only Level 4 NICU and Level 1 Regional Resource Pediatric Trauma Center. The ACGME-accredited pediatric residency program at Stead Family Children’s Hospital trains 50 pediatric resident physicians.   

For its 2024-25 edition of “Best Children’s Hospitals,” U.S. News & World Report ranked Stead Family Children's Hospital in nine pediatric specialties: Behavioral Health, Cancer, Cardiology, Heart, and Vascular Surgery, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Neonatology, Nephrology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Urology   

We are home to the Hawkeye Wave, voted the best college sports tradition by USA Today readers, where 70,000 football fans wave to our patients and providers every game day. You will never feel as much community support as you do at Iowa. Come wave with us!   

For more information contact: 

Sarah Haskell, DO

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Division Director of Critical Care

sarah-haskell@uiowa.edu

Visit us on the web at: www.uichildrens.org

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any misconduct history or pending research misconduct investigation including but not limited to sexual misconduct in prior employment and provide a related release and will be subject to a criminal background and credential check.  This applies to clinical, tenure and research positions. 

 

Education Requirement:

Must hold an MD/DO degree, or equivalent

Required Qualifications:

Board certified or eligible in Pediatrics, or equivalent

Board certified or eligible pediatric critical care or equivalent

Must have additional cardiac ICU training OR dual eligibility/certification in pediatric cardiology and pediatric critical care medicine

License or eligible for licensure in the State of Iowa

Desirable Qualifications:

Clinical experience in pediatric critical care and ICU management of critically ill pediatric patients including experience with management of cardiac ICU patients.

Experience in patient-oriented research

Teaching competence in pediatrics for medical students and residents

Evidence of scholarly activity

Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills

 

 

Curriculum Vitae
Letter of Interest


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Job Tags

Full time, Part time,

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